The Buddha confirms Venerable Mahāmoggallāna's clairvoyant vision of a man whose body hairs were swords suffering in a ghostly incarnation, formerly a pig butcher in Rājagaha, illustrating the inescapable results of unwholesome kamma.
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa te asī uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūkariko ahosi …pe….
Pañcamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were swords flying through the air.
Tassa te asī uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those swords kept rising up and falling on his body
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as he screamed in pain. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūkariko ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be a pig butcher right here in Rājagaha. …”
Pañcamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026